Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यदुपुर्य्यां प्लावितायां सागरेण समंततः । शक्रप्रस्थं ततो गत्वा कारयित्वा हरेर्गृहम्

Transliteration

yadupuryyāṃ plāvitāyāṃ sāgareṇa samaṃtataḥ | śakraprasthaṃ tato gatvā kārayitvā harergṛham

Translation

When Yadupurī was flooded on every side by the ocean, he went to Śakraprastha and had the sacred dwelling of Hari built.

Word by Word

• yadu-puryām: in the city of the Yadus (Dvārakā)
• yadu-puryām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yadu (प्रातिपदिक) + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘यदूनां पुरी’)

• plāvitāyām: when (it was) flooded
• plāvitāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: plāvita (कृदन्त; √plu प्लु, णिच्/causative + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘प्लावित’ (flooded)

• sāgareṇa: by the ocean
• sāgareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करणे/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• samantataḥ: on all sides
• samantataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) ‘सर्वतः/चारों ओर’

• śakra-prastham: to Śakraprastha (Indraprastha)
• śakra-prastham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + prastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्थाननाम)

• tataḥ: then/from there
• tataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb) ‘ततः/तस्मात्’

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (गम्) (कृदन्त; त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive) ‘गत्वा’

• kārayitvā: having caused (to be) made
• kārayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (णिच् causative ‘kāray’) (कृदन्त; त्वा)
• Form: णिच्-क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (causative gerund) ‘कारयित्वा’

• hareḥ: of Hari
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचनम्

• gṛham: a house
• gṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Yadupurī) / Śakraprastha (Hari-gṛha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ocean floods Dvārakā on all sides; survivors depart. Then at Śakraprastha, a new dwelling/shrine of Hari is constructed—continuity after loss.

Characters & Entities

• Yadupurī (Dvārakā)
• Ocean (Sāgara)
• Śakraprastha (Indraprastha)
• Hari (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly cities rise and sink, but devotion preserves the Lord’s presence through remembrance and sacred re-establishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā (Yadupurī) is central, with Śakraprastha mentioned as a subsequent locale connected to Hari’s dwelling.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed; it mentions construction of Hari’s gṛha (a devotional act) as part of the narrative.